June 2012

Well done heroes.

WHAT a joyous celebrations it was in Honiara, country and the region yesterday. Its history in the making for Solomon Islands to hold Oceania champion New Zealand All Whites to a one all draw. Never had there been any such score margin our national team have given to the New Zealand team. To have a…

Young smokers, a scary trend

ITS startling and disappointing to learn that  Solomon Islands has one of the highest rates in the world in terms of youths taking up smoking at an early age. Thats according a 2008 steps survey on non communicable diseases (NCD) risk factors and Global Youth Tobacco survey (GYTS). The survey found that smoking rate of…